Determining the Levels of Volatile Organic Pollutants in Urban Air Using a Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Method
Joint Authors
Watson, Jonathan
Morgan, Geraint
Nicoara, Simona
Tonidandel, Loris
Traldi, Pietro
Popa, Ovidiu
Source
Journal of Environmental and Public Health
Issue
Vol. 2009, Issue 2009 (31 Dec. 2009), pp.1-4, 4 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2010-02-03
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The paper presents the application of a method based on coupled gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, using an isotopically labelled internal standard for the quantitative analysis of benzene (B), toluene (T), ethyl benzene (E), and o-, m-, p-xylenes (X).
Their atmospheric concentrations were determined based on short-term sampling, in different sites of Cluj-Napoca, a highly populated urban centre in N-W Romania, with numerous and diversified road vehicles with internal combustion engines.
The method is relatively inexpensive and simple and shows good precision and linearity in the ranges of 7–60 μg/m3 (B), 13–90 μg/m3 (T), 7–50 μg/m3 (E), 10–70 μg/m3 (X-m,p), and 20–130 μg/m3 (X-o).
The limits of quantitation/detection of the method LOQ/LOD are of 10/5 μg/m3 (Xo), 5/3 μg/m3 (B, E, X-m,p), and of 3/1 μg/m3 (T), respectively.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Nicoara, Simona& Tonidandel, Loris& Traldi, Pietro& Watson, Jonathan& Morgan, Geraint& Popa, Ovidiu. 2010. Determining the Levels of Volatile Organic Pollutants in Urban Air Using a Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Method. Journal of Environmental and Public Health،Vol. 2009, no. 2009, pp.1-4.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Nicoara, Simona…[et al.]. Determining the Levels of Volatile Organic Pollutants in Urban Air Using a Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Method. Journal of Environmental and Public Health No. 2009 (2009), pp.1-4.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Nicoara, Simona& Tonidandel, Loris& Traldi, Pietro& Watson, Jonathan& Morgan, Geraint& Popa, Ovidiu. Determining the Levels of Volatile Organic Pollutants in Urban Air Using a Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Method. Journal of Environmental and Public Health. 2010. Vol. 2009, no. 2009, pp.1-4.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-449625